reach

It's right there
What I am
What I want to be

I see it
In the distance
I get closer
And then it slips away

I try to reach it
I stretch
And push
And challenge
I get so very close
And it slips just out
Of my trembling hands.

I know what I want
I see the path
And yet
It must not be
Quite right

Because it's right
right there
And I just
Cannot catch it.